We know how vital funny books can be in getting children reading - and keeping them reading!

So Rachel from our Books team was delighted to be involved in longlisting for the #Lollies2024 Awards - she had a great time working through this pile!

Laugh Out Loud Book Awards Rachel Boden

Here at BooksForTopics we love the Lollies - an award especially for funny children's books - and it's a joy to be represented on the judging panel alongside colleagues from BookTrust Laugh Out Loud Book Awards and Scholastic UK.

Watch this space for announcements later in the year!

✨WIN✨ We’re looking for a teacher/librarian to be part of the #Lollies2024 judging panel! To enter, all you have to do is fill in the form and let us know your thoughts about how we can make the Lollies even more engaging for all schools.

Enter now: surveymonkey.com/r/3NNDLYC

It's your LAST CHANCE to submit your funniest books for the #Lollies2024 before submissions close tomorrow at 11:59pm!

Find out more: shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies/enter-…

📢Calling all publishers!📢

We are now accepting submissions for the Lollies 2024 for books published in 2022. If you've got a funny children's book or two, then make sure to submit them before the 1st March 2024!

Find out more: shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies/enter-…

Keep your eyes peeled!👀 A laugh-out-loud announcement is coming very soon...

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Congratulations to all the worthy winners! I loved reading so many funny books. My mouth ached from all the lolling 🤣🤣

Upside down hand beard for the win!

Thanks once again for joining us for the Laugh Out Loud Awards 2023 – we hope you enjoyed yourselves!

See you next year 🥳🎊

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We're delighted that Yapping Away by Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now!, illustrated by Sarah Horne, has won the Poetry category at this year's LOLLIEs! 🐶✨

I WON! 🥹😭

SO pleased Hexed was nominated for this and huge congratulations to Ciara for winning 🥳 YAY all round for much needed funny books!

A great big well done to all the winners and nominees in each Laugh Out Loud Book Awards category. It was a really tough bunch of FABULOUSLY FUNNY books to judge and a very close call all round 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

We won. Thank you so much to everyone for voting for Yapping Away, it means so much. Congrats to all shortlisted and winners. Thank you. What a morning.

I’m off to draw a yeti now, bye! 😂💥🙌👏

Laugh Out Loud Book Awards Congratulations to all the wonderful winners of the 2023 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards !!

And finally... it's the Illustrator of the Year Award!

Congratulations to Dapo Adeola aka Arrogant A Hole 🌚, our first ever Laugh Out Loud Illustrator of the Year! #Lollies2023

And now for the Poetry Shortlist!

Congratulations to Yapping Away by Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! and Sarah Horne, winner of the Laugh Out Loud Poetry Award 2023!

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Give a big round of applause for author illustrator duo Stephen Mangan and Anita Mangan, here to give a reading from their brand-new book The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge! #Lollies2023

Are you ready to find out the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Non-Fiction Award 2023?

Congratulations to Unleash Your Creative Monster: A Children’s Guide to Writing by Andy Jones and Olaf Falafel, winner of the Laugh Out Loud Non-Fiction Award 2023!

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